Injuries mean game must stop thinking big, says Simon Shaw

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The tallest and most experienced player in the Guinness Premiership insisted yesterday that size isn’t everything. In a season when the collision aspect of rugby union has produced a stream of injuries, Simon Shaw said the sport was suffering from an over-emphasis on size ahead of technique.

Shaw is among the casualties — a damaged metatarsal is likely to limit his involvement in England’s autumn internationals — so he can speak with some authority. “There is a limit to how far you can stretch your body,” the 6ft 8in London Wasps lock said. “There’s a lot of pressure, especially on